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Practical Neurology, 2nd ed.
edited by José Biller,
846 pp., Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, $69.95
Although a paperback, this book is nearly as long as Merritt’s Textbook of Neurology. What principally distinguishes Biller et al. is their problem-oriented structure. Thirty-five chapters (by 51 authors) consist of diagnostic approaches (e.g., acute confusion, coma, gait disturbance, face numbness, dysarthria, hyperkinesia, hypokinesia, autonomic disorders). Twenty-three more address treatment (e.g., ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, dementia, myopathy, dizziness). An appendix lists the clinical features of 86 causes of delirium.
Such a format means that this is not a book to use if you want a comprehensive review of a particular disease entity. For example, Fisher syndrome is listed in passing as a “Guillain-Barré variant” in a chapter on diplopia as well as a chapter on acute sensory loss; no clinical or immunologic details are provided, and only the diplopia chapter reference appears in the index. In other instances, clinical detail is provided but then repeated elsewhere nearly verbatim. For example, a chapter on treating childhood epilepsy offers a four-page summary of currently available anticonvulsants. …
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